Re: England v South Africa, 3rd Test, Lords, 16-20 Aug, 2012

by PeterCS Mon 20 Aug 2012, 16:53

Prior has been getting a bit too desperate just lately (quite understandably!).

by tricycle Mon 20 Aug 2012, 16:54

Regarding the stumping, is it not possible to have those fancy 1000 fps camera focusing on them?

Anderson to face the first ball again.

by The One Mon 20 Aug 2012, 16:59

that one is surely out

prior gone

by PeterCS Mon 20 Aug 2012, 16:59

Philander comes up with the goods yet again!

by tricycle Mon 20 Aug 2012, 16:59

That's that then. Top effort by Prior.

by The One Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:01

THE END

by PeterCS Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:01

One goes, two go ... all over!

by lardbucket Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:01

Still not beyond Finn and Anderson - ah.

by tricycle Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:02

2-0 Better side won, but two very good tests after that arse farking. Changes after this series for England?

by PeterCS Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:03

Well played by the South Africans.

Worthy top dogs.

England: Quite a bit of work to do. Bairstow a very promising discovery, which is something to celebrate.

by PeterCS Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:04

Philander made the difference in the end!

by The One Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:06

south africa 120
england 117
australia 116
pakistan 109
india 104 Laughing

by lardbucket Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:09

Well played Saffieland.

Philander must be a strong candidate for Test cricketer of the year.

by PeterCS Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:10

The Terry Alderman of the era?

by taipan Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:11

by lardbucket Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:12

interesting comparison

by The One Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:12

PeterCS wrote:Philander made the difference in the end!

i think he's made the difference from south africa being forever brides-maids to being real number 1s

by furriner Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:13

Congrats SA, worthy champions.

On a side note, everything Gary Kirsten touches seems to turn to gold. Damn.

by Jontyh Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:13

Well played the Saffers - definitely the better side.
Still, it was good to see us putting up a bit of a fight after the shafting we got in the first test.

by PeterCS Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:17

A bit scary from an English point of view that a composite "best team" from the series would include Bairstow for Rudolph, probably Prior for De Villiers, and otherwise not much difference between Finn and Morkel, or (!) between Swann and Tahir.

Otherwise all places would be filled by South Africans.

by The One Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:17

furriner wrote:Congrats SA, worthy champions.

On a side note, everything Gary Kirsten touches seems to turn to gold. Damn.

time for the bcci to pay him 10 times what the saffies are and get him back. we saw him first

by PeterCS Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:20

I agree about G Kirsten.

Apart from fostering a good team spirit and resolve, thoroughly researched all the Pom weaknesses and worked on them remorselessly.

by Allan D Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:24

15th highest score by England to lose a match:

Highest 4th innings scores by England in Lost Matches

by beamer Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:24

Maybe time for the ECB to get their chequebook out then?

by The One Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:28

amla gets a magnum of champagne for MoS Laughing

what a fantastic player. seems like a lovely man as well

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